It surely won't be the Red Sox' biggest pitching acquisition this offseason, but it is something. And, as they acknowledged, Chaim Bloom and Co. need all the pitching help they can muster heading into 2021.
The 28-year-old McCarthy has significant major league experience, pitching in a combined 154 games for Kansas City from 2017-19.
The righty appeared in just five games in 2020 before being outrighted off the Kansas City roster on Oct. 30.
